Bill O’Reilly, in what can only be viewed as self-parody, is attacking Walter Cronkite’s credibility in his current Talking Points column, as Cronkite had the temerity to oppose the war in an op-ed piece. Un-fucking-believable.

This isn’t debate. This is the stifling of debate. O’Reilly represents all those for whom actual thought and analysis — and nuance! — are simply too much trouble. His attack here boils down, essentially, to calling Cronkite a liberal, that overused-unto-meaninglessness all-purpose attack code word signaling to his followers that they need not bother reading or understanding Cronkite’s point of view. There was a time when a lesser broadcaster would have been ashamed of such a public display of ignorance; today, though, it’s an opportunity to further ingratiate oneself to the lowest common denominator that is Fox’s primary demographic.

. . . it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
(Macbeth)